[PATCH 6.6.y] Revert "perf dso: Add missed dso__put to dso__load_kcore"

From: jingxian.li

Date: Tue Nov 04 2025 - 04:33:07 EST


This reverts commit e5de9ea7796e79f3cd082624f788cc3442bff2a8.

The patch introduced `map__zput(new_node->map)` in the kcore load
path, causing a segmentation fault when running `perf c2c report`.

The issue arises because `maps__merge_in` directly modifies and
inserts the caller's `new_map`, causing it to be freed prematurely
while still referenced by kmaps.

Later branchs (6.12, 6.15, 6.16) are not affected because they use
a different merge approach with a lazily sorted array, which avoids
modifying the original `new_map`.

Fixes: e5de9ea7796e ("perf dso: Add missed dso__put to dso__load_kcore")

Signed-off-by: jingxian.li <jingxian.li@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/perf/util/symbol.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 4f0bbebcb6d6..ea24f21aafc3 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -1366,7 +1366,6 @@ static int dso__load_kcore(struct dso *dso, struct map *map,
goto out_err;
}
}
- map__zput(new_node->map);
free(new_node);
}

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2.43.0